DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,852

HOWDEN NORTH AMERICA INC.
SHARED SERVICES, NEW BUILD, AFTERMARKET DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF COLFAX CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ACCOUNTEMPS
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (“Act”), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of an investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers
in such workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers’
firm to a foreign country in the production of articles
or supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers’ firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers’ firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers’ firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers’ separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 26, 2016 by three workers on behalf of the workers
of Howden North America Inc., Shared Services, New Build,
Aftermarket Division, a subsidiary of Colfax Corporation,
Columbia, South Carolina. The workers are engaged in activities
related to the supply of accounts receivable and accounts
payable services. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Accountemps.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in such workers’ firm have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers’ firm
has shifted to a foreign country the supply of a service like or
directly competitive with the service supplied by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at Howden
North America Inc., Shared Services, New Build, Aftermarket
Division, a subsidiary of Colfax Corporation, Columbia, South
Carolina.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Howden North America
Inc., Shared Services, New Build, Aftermarket Division, a
subsidiary of Colfax Corporation, including on-site leased
workers from Accountemps, Columbia, South Carolina, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of accounts
receivable and accounts payable services meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C.
§ 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2273, I make the following certification:













“All workers of Howden North America Inc., Shared Services,
New Build, Aftermarket Division, a subsidiary of Colfax
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from
Accountemps, Columbia, South Carolina, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after May 24,
2015 through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the date of certification
through two years from the date of certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2
of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.”
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 16th day of June 2016.
/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance